Thickness dependence of exchange bias and structure in MnPt and MnNi spin valves

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 4565-4567

  Toney, Michael F ^a   Samant, Mahesh G ^a   Lin, Tsann ^b   Mauri, Daniele ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SPIN VALVES;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0037049572     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1528279     Document Type: Article

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